Franklin, Singleton and Cotton

‘Now that we have had the opportunity to gain sufficient understanding of this new part of our business, it is opportune to address the several areas of potential improvements we have already identified’, remarked Dave Cullis, managing director of the Franklin, Singleton and Cotton (FSC) plant. He was referring to the fact that FSC had only recently been taken over by the Brannan Group and that he had assumed overall executive responsibility for this plant as well as his other executive commitments elsewhere in the group. He continued by identifying one of these opportunities as being:

the solvent-free lamination process and the potential market opportunities that exist. As the only solvent-free process we have in Europe then we anticipate that we should now be able to compete in those segments of our overall market that require solvent-free adhesion by building on our existing business and seeking further opportunities that this alternative technology offers. Early next month we will meet to review these particular issues. This will give us a chance to consider the analysis work completed so far and to identify, and ideally provide, any other information that will help us in deciding what best to do with the additional capacity we have in this part of our business.